Couple group program for adults with autism and their partners
Tests a couple group program to help adults with autism and partners relate better.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Where
- Taipei, TaiwanSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Establish the Couple Intervention Program for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Jan 2022
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Couple group therapy
- Record updated
- 31 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adult couples where one partner has autism spectrum disorder or a high autism screening score. It tests a couple therapy program.
- Age
- 20 Years to 60 Years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- One person in the couple has an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, or an autism spectrum quotient score of 26 or above.
- Biomarker or test result
- Wechsler Intelligence score above 70.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Psychiatric disorder, for example schizophrenia or substance abuse
- Unable to communicate, for example because of visual or auditory impairment
- Unable to communicate in Chinese
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- one person of each couple has either Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis or the autism spectrum quotient scoring above or equal to 26
- able to communicate in Chinese
- Wechsler Intelligence scoring above 70
Who cannot take part
- Psychiatric disorder (i.e. schizophrenia, substance abuse)
- unable to communication (i.e. visual or auditory impairment)
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 20 and 60 years old?
Where in Taiwan
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanContact: Yi-Ling Chien, MD, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The development of adult intimate relationships and the transition into couplehood are part of most people's life cycles, but these transitions become very challenging for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in as much as social interactions, emotional communication, and reciprocity, which are essential for interpersonal relationships, are made more difficult due to the condition itself. In the Adult ASD Clinic of National Taiwan University Hospital, we observe that the wives of the ASD husband suffer from long-term frustration, loneliness and helplessness, and are frequently experience anxiety and depression, that in turns changes the family's function and impacts on children's mental health. To date, there are limited intervention models focusing on couple therapy for ASD adults (or neurodiverse couple). Given the strong needs of clinical service, this study aims to identify the common problems of the ASD couples and develop a program to improve their partner relationships.
The group in the trial
- ASD coupleTreatment being tested
Either one of the couple has ASD diagnosis, including couples who are married or in romantic relationship.
Treatment: Couple group therapy
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Establish the Couple Intervention Program for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Plain-language title
- Couple group program for adults with autism and their partnersGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05875376, who can take part
- Record updated
- 31 July 2026